sweet potato

1. 1.

   pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh

   Synonymssweet potato vineIpomoea batatas

   Broadermorning glory

   Partssweet potato
2. 2.

   the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States

   Broaderroot vegetable

   Narroweryam

   Part ofsweet potato
3. 3.

   egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes

   Synonymsocarina

   Broaderwind instrument

Questions about sweet potato

What does sweet potato mean?

sweet potato means "pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sweet potato?

Close synonyms include sweet potato vine, Ipomoea batatas, ocarina. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sweet potato a common word?

sweet potato is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.